Disasters

Medyka border crossing, Poland.

What Makes Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis So Different

A man gives a bag of rice to a crowd of earthquake victims gathered for the distribution of food and water at the "4 Chemins" crossroads in Les Cayes, Haiti on August 20, 2021.

No ‘Silver Lining’: The Media’s Disaster Narrative in Haiti and Beyond

A Xilotepec cemetery worker in Mexico City prepares to receive corpses of COVID-19 victims. May 8, 2020. Image: Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty

Top Global Health Moments of 2020

A technician handles samples from truck drivers testing for COVID-19 at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, May 14, 2020. Image: Brian Ongoro/AFP/Getty

New Dashboard Aims to Democratize COVID-19 Data

Young women model masks worn during America’s Dust Bowl disaster, circa 1935. Image: Bert Garai/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty

COVID-19’s Best Analog Is the 1930s Dust Bowl, Not the 1918 Flu

People take shelter after flood waters from Hurricane Harvey inundated Houston, Texas. August 29, 2017. Image: Joe Raedle/Getty

Disaster Relief in the Face of COVID-19

Private sector solution: A dog team delivers antitoxin during Nome, Alaska’s 1925 diphtheria outbreak. Image: Bettmann/Getty

Fragile States Need Private Sector Allies

Children outside a nursery at Chonsam Cooperative Farm on August 22, 2018 in Wonsan, North Korea. Image: Carl Court/Getty Images

How Sanctions Hurt North Korea’s Children

Goodwill ambassador for UNHCR Emtithal Mahmoud delivered a captivating spoken-word performance for the GHN LIVE at Stanford audience on April 10, 2019.

GHN LIVE at Stanford: Awakening Empathy for Refugees

A displaced Syrian girl waves to theA Syrian girl waves to the camera at a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Feb. 17, 2019. Image: Aaref Wata/AFP/Getty camera at a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on February 17, 2019. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP) (Photo credit should read AAREF WATAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Rise with Refugees: A GHN LIVE Event with the Stanford Refugee Research Project

Climate Change’s Threat to American Health

Police and firefighters following an ambulance after Chicago Police officer Samuel Jimenez was killed.

Bloomberg American Health Summit 2018